title: Manual aspiration thrombectomy in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction: New gold standard.
abstract: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred method to treat ST segment myocardial infarction (STEMI). The use of thrombus aspiration (TA) may be particularly helpful as part of the PCI process, insofar as the presence of thrombus is essentially a universal component of the STEMI process. This article reviews evidence favoring the routine use of TA, and the limitations of these data. Based on current evidence, we consider TA to be an important maneuver during STEMI PCI, even in the absence of visible angiographic thrombus, and recommend it whenever the presence of thrombus is likely.
authors.affiliation: Brent Rochon, Youssef Chami, Rajesh Sachdeva, Joe K Bissett, Nick Willis, Barry F Uretsky, Department of Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Health System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, United States.
authors.forename: Brent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rochon
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chami
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
authors.forename: Joe K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Bissett
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.forename: Barry F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Uretsky